Mapping the Transmississippi West
He introduced a totally new style for sea charts in the atlas with only lines of latitude and longitude and no rhumb lines
“in the history of the American West
Between the contents and page 1 is a foldout color map of Massachusetts
A striking print of a portion of the Main Mountain Passage of the Upper Sacramento or Pitt River
Harbor of Refuge Ducth Island Harbor, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island Unique Mapping the Transmississippi WestA very nice chart of Dutch Island Harbor on Connanicut Island, Rhode Island. The chart shows bathymetry by stipple pattern and soundings. Relief is shown by hachures. The chart has some roads, vegetation, and buildings shown on the island and bottom type, lighthouse information, and tidal notes as well. This is a thick paper, separately issued chart of the area backed with linen. It is a rare, separately issued heavy paper, thick paper edition.